Application Engineering Supervisor, Automotive Vertical

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Automotive Application Engineers
• Provide technical guidance, project prioritization, and professional development support
• Serve as the primary technical partner for automotive customers in northern Mexico
• Support product recommendations, application development, trials, troubleshooting, and demonstrations
• Build relationships with customer engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations teams
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, product development, quality, manufacturing, and global technical resources
• Identify growth opportunities and drive customer success
• Travel up to 50% domestically

• Bachelor’s degree in or higher (completed and verified prior to start) in engineering
• 7 years of experience in application engineering, technical service, product engineering, manufacturing engineering, or customer-facing technical support
• Strong communication skills in English (intermediate/advanced level)
• Experience supporting automotive OEMs, Tier suppliers, or industrial manufacturing customers
• Previous supervisory, team lead, or people leadership experience
• Experience supporting automotive manufacturing processes or materials applications
• Experience with tapes, adhesives, acoustics, films, thermal management, or related technologies
• Strong problem-solving, project management, and customer relationship skills
• Ability to balance team leadership with direct customer technical support
• Ability to travel regularly within Mexico, especially in the Northwest and border regions
• Current, valid Driver’s License

• 3M offers programs supporting employees’ physical and financial well-being
• Competitive pay and benefits benchmarked against comparable companies
• Remote work model
• Professional development support